Do I really want the consequences of always putting this off?

(205.4)

This week I am going to commit to:

1. Write it down - track my food intake, even if it is over my daily points allowance. the key to change is Self awareness!
2. Drink water - drink my 2 L of water per day (minimum)
3. Oatmeal for breakfast - Monday through Friday eat oatmeal for breakfast
4. Exercise 2 times this week at lunch (minimum)
5. Exercise 2 times per week at the gym 
6. Practice forgiving myself and moving forward - use my mantra "Move Forward"
7. 7+ hours of sleep per night

Many of these things I am already a superstar at doing :) like drinking my water, exercising 2x per week at the gym, and minimum 7 hours of sleep per night... so that leaves 4 items I am really going to focus on doing. I truly believe these are the keys to winning at weight loss... writing it down, exercising a bit more and forgiving myself for slip ups, I am not perfect.

So, I've been listening to The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal, wow is this book ever life changing... and easy to listen to. Chapter 4 has been mind blowing for me. Last week I alluded to the impact that chapter 4 had on my psyche... I will dive a bit deeper here

Chapter 4: License to Sin–Why Being Good Gives Us Permission to Be Bad
I feel I need to be rewarded for my 'good behaviour' if I say no to a tim bit at my morning meeting, I feel it is ok to go out for wings at lunch. This would also make me feel like I was a good person, assigning good and bad to these behaviours and letting that dictate my feelings of self worth.
This chapter is worth listening to again.

Focus on my goals.
Pay attention.

Am I saying to myself I will make up for today's behaviour tomorrow?
Willpower experiment: "A tomorrow just like today"
Aim to reduce the variability in my behaviour, not the behaviour itself.
each day, say to myself, if I eat this bagel for breakfast, I commit to eating a bagel tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that. This makes it harder to deny the health consequences of a single bagel (8 weight watcher points!!! that is 48 points if I have one 6x per week).

Instead of asking, do I want to eat this treat (e.g. granola bar) now, ask myself :

"Do I want the consequences of eating a treat everyday after work for the next year?"

on procrastinating on my goals:

"Do I really want the consequences of always putting this off?"

Whoa, as I said.... Life Changing
I often think, if I had started doing the plan, really started the plan when I joined... I would probably be at my goal weight, or even if I only started 2 months ago, I would be down 10-15 lbs!!!
So do I want to be here in the same place this time next month? do I want to be asking myself  'why cant I do it?'

Why don't I want to change? perhaps the key is in the next chapter... why we mistake wanting for happiness :)

Chapter 5:The Brain’s Big Lie–Why We Mistake Wanting for Happiness.